Overview
I'm a fourth year graduate student who joined the Cornell Astronomy Department in Fall 2022. Broadly speaking, I am interested in subjects relating to high energy astrophysics, including astrophysical plasmas and gravitational physics. Specifically, I work under the guidance of Professor Dong Lai to study how plasmas can mediate interactions between astrophysical objects, such as exoplanets with their host stars or binary neutron star systems. My interests also extend to simulating extreme gravity environments using numerical relativity with Professors Nils Deppe and Saul Teukolsky, as well as intersections between gravity and other fields of physics.
I graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics in 2022. During my time there, I hopped around various fields of astrophysics, working at first on the DAMIC-M dark matter detection experiment with Professor Paolo Privitera and then on theoretical predictions of cosmic ray signatures from supernova remnants under the guidance of Professor Damiano Caprioli.
Although many may justifiably claim that I live under a rock, outside of academic life I spend a significant amount of time practicing the swordfighting martial art of kendo, and I use some remaining time for computer games